Forbidden Heat

Chapter 36: My Fear

My Fear
| closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep. Lucien arrived much faster than | anticipated and | wasn't able to clean up anything. | was still naked
under the covers and the bed was a mess for obvious reasons.
| heard the sound of the door opening and then closing. Lucien is probably standing in this room right now. What should | do...should | wake up? Or
should | continue pretending that I'm asleep?
| heard his soft footsteps as he approached the bed and soon the bed creaked a little under his weight as he sat down on the side of the bed.
“Wake up, Natalia,” he whispered into my ear before kissing my temple. What was it that | sensed in his voice? Worry...and perhaps a little anger?
“Lucien...?” | spoke his name in a drowsy whisper as | pretended that | had just woken up.
“How are you feeling? Edward called me late last night to tell me that you were sick. | was going to come over right away but he insisted that you
needed to rest up first,” Lucien asked me as his warm hand slowly stroked my head. This was so comforting and at the same time it made me feel so
guilty.
Instead of lying to him about my sickness or confessing the truth to him about my emotional breakdown and the reason for my spat with Edward, |
decided to remain as truthful as possible by telling him about my disturbing nightmare. After all, the nightmare did make me feel sort of ill.
“To be honest, I've been having a strange nightmare lately and because of that | haven't been sleeping well...” | started to explain to him.

“Do you want to tell me about your dream?” Lucien asked gently. If Natalia is having nightmares on repeat it might be linked to her fear. Perhaps |
should get a skilled psychiatrist to help her? Lucien thought to himself silently.
| began to describe my dream of being lost in the middle of a dark forest in the rain to Lucien. He listened intently and expressed his sympathies for
me. He showed no indication that he is familiar with an event where | went missing or got lost in a forest. So, as | half expected, the event in my dream
probably did not occur in real life after all.
“Could it be your fear of the forest and the wilderness that is plaguing your dreams?” Lucien suggested after hearing me out.
“Perhaps. | don’t remember why | hate being in the wild so much though.
Nothing like the event in the dream happened to me before, right?” I had to ask just to make sure.
“I don’t recall anything. You’re a city girl after all. Why would you get lost in a forest? I mean, we do have a pretty large
garden in the family compound, but it clearly does not resemble a forest,” Lucien was firm in his answer. He really seemed like
he couldn’t believe that I could ever get lost in a forest given that I never headed out to one in the first place. I guess he is
right. I have to start letting go of my fears.
“I guess you're right. I’m truly sorry for worrying you,” I apologized for causing him trouble once again and for not being able
to tell him the whole truth.
“Rest up here and please come home at once. I will arrange some sessions with an outstanding doctor who can consult you
regarding your nightmares. You look tired, you need to sleep better,” Lucien said to close the conversation before getting up
from the bed. Glancing back once at me on the way to the door, he looked like he was about to say something. However, in the
end, Lucien left without uttering another word.
Phew! That was close. Lucien is right, I need to rest up now...
Edward was sitting on the sofa in the living room sipping tea when Lucien walked out of Natalia’s room.
“Lucien, good morning. How’s Natalia?” Edward asked after greeting his brother.
“She’s doing well. Thanks to you for taking such good care of your niece,” Lucien replied smoothly.
“I’m glad to here that she’s feeling better. I’ll take her back home later,” Edward volunteered.
“There’s no need to trouble you. Reiner will drive her back,” Lucien stated in a flat voice leaving no room for negotiations.
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